Windows drives

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The operating system install may be corrupt. The drive may be damaged or
have errors. The drive permissions may be corrupt.

Download and run a diagnostic utility from the drive manufacturer's web
site.

After backup you can also run;
chkdsk /r
from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f )

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. At
the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000
installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have
the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %systemroot% or %windir%

How to Restore the Default NTFS Permissions for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=266118

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292175

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306952

Be sure to apply these to your repair install before connecting to any
network.

http://download.microsoft.com/down [...] SP4_EN.EXE

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891861


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Kevin" wrote:
| Hello. We have been having a problem for the last few days where all of a
| sudden the servers c drive( boot and system) has been replicated and given
| another letter and this new drive has become the boot/system drive. What
is
| going on and how do I get rid of these drives? Thanks.

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The drive may be damaged. What does Disk Management have to say about it?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Kevin" wrote:
| OK, I ran checkdisk on all volumes and each time it said that errors were
| found and fixed. I did the inplace upgrade of windows 2000, installed the
| service packs, added it to the domain, and the same thing. The c drive
has
| been replicated as G. Any other ideas?

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ok, new install, same problem. As soon as I login as myself, the c drive is
replicated as g. I took out the old drive that was c and reinstalled windows
from scratch. The drive we use as g is mapped to the users home directory,
however, I removed that mapping from myself. I also, deleted my user account
and recreated it. Still same problem. Please help as I need to get this
working correctly. Thanks.

"Kevin" wrote:

> it doesn't say anything. I am going to pull the drive today and reinstall
> windows on the 2 remaining drives. I will let you know what happens.
>
> "Dave Patrick" wrote:
>
> > The drive may be damaged. What does Disk Management have to say about it?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> > Microsoft Certified Professional
> > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> > http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> >
> > "Kevin" wrote:
> > | OK, I ran checkdisk on all volumes and each time it said that errors were
> > | found and fixed. I did the inplace upgrade of windows 2000, installed the
> > | service packs, added it to the domain, and the same thing. The c drive
> > has
> > | been replicated as G. Any other ideas?
> >
> >
> >

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actually, the problem seems to be rollup1 to windows 2k sp4. I uninstalled
it and its back to normal. Microsoft should notify users of this problem.
It has also caused problems with my citrix servers and 2 other windows 2000
servers by changing the drive letters.

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Never heard of this one before. Best bet is to Microsoft call product
> support.
>
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> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Kevin" wrote:
> | ok, new install, same problem. As soon as I login as myself, the c drive
> is
> | replicated as g. I took out the old drive that was c and reinstalled
> windows
> | from scratch. The drive we use as g is mapped to the users home
> directory,
> | however, I removed that mapping from myself. I also, deleted my user
> account
> | and recreated it. Still same problem. Please help as I need to get this
> | working correctly. Thanks.
> |
> | "Kevin" wrote:
> |
> | > it doesn't say anything. I am going to pull the drive today and
> reinstall
> | > windows on the 2 remaining drives. I will let you know what happens.
>
>
>